Tuesday, 14 June 2011

Happy International Steampunk Day!

So, June 14th. H.G.Well's birthday and therefore International Steampunk Day. For those of you who don't know, Steampunk is a subgenre that mixes steampower, science fiction and normally Victorian into one style. It may also include technology that is really out of time, such as airships, or modern devices, how the Victorians would think of them. Summed up, its the Victorian's views on the future. There's a whole Steampunk subculture, and a lot of art, architecture, music connected with it. And of course, BOOKS!! So, I'm going to share with you some of my favourite Steampunk books.

1. Soulless, by Gail Carriger. I love the world that's created here-the humour in it is amazing and the mix of werewolves and vampires works well. The steampunk elements are great, and you can easily imagine the world.

2. Leviathan, by Scott Westerfeld. The world he creates is amazing, and I like the history re-done. The illustrations by Keith Thompson are brilliant too!

3. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare. As well as making the Mortal Instruments something I want to read again, the world was imaginative and pulled you in.

And the things I haven't read but really want to...

Whitechapel Gods by S.M.Peters

The Girl in the Steal Corset by Kady Cross

Corsets and Clockwork Anthology

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan MoorThe Greyfriar by Clay GriffithThe Time Machine by H.G.Wells

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Really quite terrible...
to not my thing...
to lots of good and bad things...
to this was quite good...
to YOU MUST GET THIS OR LIFE HAS NOT BEEN WORTH LIVING.

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